Hacking the Human Body
Your neural networks have a lot to say — and bioelectronic medicine might help you listen Imagine putting on an adhesive bandage. Now imagine that bandage could continuously monitor your vital neural functions to catch signs of illness before they become problematic. Even further, imagine that bandage could actually prevent illness from occurring and help […]
Big Data Goes Bedside
Analytics technology predicts health crises before they occur The deaths were unexpected. That was the thought that kept coming back to Dana Edelson, MD, MS, who was a fellow at UChicago Medicine in 2007 when she saw her colleagues caught off guard by multiple patients who died from cardiac arrest while in the hospital. So, […]
Decoding Genetics
How genetic testing and editing will influence the future of healthcare Tailored, personalized medicine is changing so much of how we manage our health. To determine patients’ individual healthcare risks and offer specialized treatments, many physicians and healthcare experts are turning to genetic testing — along with delving into gene (or genome) editing — to […]
